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Verse Zechariah 9:17. _HOW GREAT_ IS _HIS GOODNESS_] In _himself_ and
towards _them_.
_AND HOW GREAT_ IS _HIS BEAUTY!_] His _comeliness, holiness_, and
_purity_, put _in_ and upon them.
_CORN SHALL...
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FOR HOW GREAT IS HIS GOODNESS - For it is unutterable! As the Psalmist
said, “O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy Name in all the
earth!” Psalms 8:1, and Jacob, “How awful is this place!”
Genesis 2...
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II. THE TWO PROPHETIC BURDENS--THE GREAT PROPHECIES OF THE FUTURE
I. The First Burden (9-11)
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The burden of the land of Hadrach (Zechariah 9:1) _
2. Zion's King of Peace (Zechariah 9...
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An independent section belonging to the same period as Zechariah 9:11,
of which it may be a later expansion. The imagery of Zechariah 9:14 is
derived from older prophecy, _e.g._ Amos 1:14;...
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CHEERFUL. flourish.
NEW WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27....
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_his goodness … his beauty_ i.e. either Israel's (_their
prosperity_, R. V. margin), as thus delivered and honoured by God
(comp. Hosea 14:6), or God's, the exclamation being drawn from the
prophet by...
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The prophecy now moves forward, and takes for its groundwork a later
epoch in the future history of the Jews. As their deliverance from
their enemies without fighting, in the times of Alexander (Zecha...
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The Coming of the King
The great event for which all that had been foretold in the preceding
verses of the chapter, and indeed all the preceding history of Israel
and of the world, had been a prepara...
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DISCOURSE: 1254
THE GLORY OF CHRIST
Zechariah 9:17. _How great is his goodness, and how great is his
beauty!_
THE glory of Christ is manifested throughout all the Holy Scriptures.
This is attested bo...
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THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH KING. Zechariah 9:9-17
RV. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of
Jerusalem; behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having
salvation; lowly, an...
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For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn
shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
FOR HOW GREAT IS HIS GOODNESS, AND HOW GREAT IS HIS BEAUTY! - the
goodnes...
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JUDGMENTS ON THE NATIONS. THE PRINCE OF PEACE
1-8. A judgment is about to fall on Damascus, Hamath, Tyre, Sidon, and
the cities of the Philistines. A remnant from Philistia will
acknowledge God. God...
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GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES
ZECHARIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 9
V1 What the *LORD says warns (about punishment) to the country of
Hadrach. (The punishment) will start at Damascus. (This will ha...
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GOODNESS. — Better, _goodliness_ (Hosea 10:11).
HIS means Israel’s. (Comp. Numbers 24:5.)
MAKE... CHEERFUL. — Better, _make to grow numerously._ For the idea,
comp. Psalms 72:16, and see also...
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(9-17) The advent of the king. It has been urged as an objection
against the post-exilic authorship of this passage that “Ephraim”
and “Jerusalem” are mentioned, as though Israel were still
separated...
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כִּ֥י מַה ־טּוּבֹ֖ו וּ מַה ־יָפְיֹ֑ו
דָּגָן֙
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THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH"
Chapter s 9-14
FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the
subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of
division for "Zechariah...
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3. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE GREEKS
Zechariah 9:13
The next oracle seems singularly out of keeping with the spirit of the
last, which declared the arrival of the Messianic peace, while this
represents Jeh...
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A LOWLY DELIVERER BRINGS PEACE
Zechariah 9:9-17; Zechariah 10:1-12
Jesus must be King first, then Savior. He is lowly; His steed is not
the richly caparisoned warhorse, but the humble ass; He needs n...
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Here begins the second division of the prophecy in which there are two
messages. The first the prophet described as "the burden of the word
of the Lord upon the land of Hadrach"; it deals with the rej...
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The corn, &c. His most excellent gift is the blessed Eucharist, called
here the corn, that is, the bread of the elect, and the wine springing
forth virgins, that is, maketh virgins to bud, or spring f...
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Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I
declare that I will render double unto thee; 13 When I have bent Judah
for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons,...
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REFLECTIONS.
Blessed Lord Jesus! was it said in the opening of this Chapter, that
the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the
Lord; so let mine eyes fix themselves eternally o...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his
prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes
a great deal far...
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The Prophet here exclaims at the incredible kindness of God, that the
Jews might learn to raise up their thoughts above the world, as they
were to look for that felicity which he had before mentioned....
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10.
The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its
special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the
consequen...
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FOR HOW GREAT [IS] HIS GOODNESS?.... Not of the land of Judea, as
Kimchi; nor of the doctrine of the law, as the Targum; nor of the
people of the Jews; but of the Messiah: and designs not his essentia...
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For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! corn
shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
Ver. 17. _For how great is his goodness_] He shuts up all with this
swe...
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_How great is his goodness_ Infinite goodness is the fountain of all
the good done for his people. _And how great is his beauty_ How
wonderful is the beauty of divine providence in Israel's deliveranc...
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For how great is His goodness, so the prophet exultantly exclaims, AND
HOW GREAT IS HIS BEAUTY! Cf Psalms 45:3. CORN SHALL MAKE THE YOUNG MEN
CHEERFUL AND NEW WINE THE MAIDS, the reference being to th...
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Zion's King of Peace and his Salvation...
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SYRIA, TYRE AND PHILISTIA TO FALL UNDER JUDGMENT
(vv. 1-8)
Beginning with this chapter the book of Zechariah has a distinctly
different character. No dates are mentioned as in the first section of
t...
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9-17 The prophet breaks forth into a joyful representation of the
coming of the Messiah, of whom the ancient Jews explained this
prophecy. He took the character of their King, when he entered
Jerusal...
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FOR HOW GREAT IS HIS GOODNESS! infinite goodness is the fountain of
all that good done for this people; the prophet admires it, and
suggests what is fit to be done by those that come and view those
st...
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Zechariah 9:17 goodness H2898 beauty H3308 Grain H1715 men H970 thrive
H5107 (H8766) wine H8492 women H1330...
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Zechariah 9:17
I. These visions of earthly blessing have their heavenly substance.
They show us the joy and the feast of the old creation; God's people
rejoicing under His benign Fatherhood, eating th...
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Zechariah 9:1. _The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of
Hadrach,_
Or, Syria,
Zechariah 9:1. _And Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes
of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, s...
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CONTENTS: Burden upon the cities surrounding Palestine. Christ
presented as King-Savior in His first advent.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: Christ, Israel's King, who came as the meek and lowl...
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Zechariah 9:1. _The burden of Hadrach and Damascus._ Hadrach, the old
name of Hazor, the Hebrews being accustomed to adhere to primitive
names of cities and nations. Judges 4:2; Jeremiah 49:28. This k...
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For how great is His goodness, and how great is His beauty!
GOD’S GOODNESS AND BEAUTY
There is no subject of contemplation more delightful to a serious mind
than the goodness of the Lord. The prophet...
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_The Lord of hosts shall defend them _
GOD WORKS AMONGST THE NATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF HIS PEOPLE
The double recompense which the Lord will make to His people will
consist in the fact that He not o...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 9:1 The Return of the King. The
reference to the surrounding nations in Zechariah 8:20 and...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 9:12 The prisoners of war are not the
only ones who need to hear the news of the coming king. The day is
coming when God will make his people themselves into a weapon again...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Zechariah 9:12. Strong hold] Fortress, forcibly contrasting with pit
(Psalms 40:2). TO-DAY] No need to despair; their condition miserable,
yet not hopeless. DOUBLE] Not strictly of _...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-14:21
Part III. THE FUTURE OF THE POWERS OF THE WORLD AND OF THE KINGDOM OF
GOD.
VERSE 1-11:17
A. THE FIRST...
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Now the burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and
Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, and all of
the tribes of Israel shall be toward the LORD. And Hamath also s...
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1 John 4:8; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Amos 8:11; Amos 9:13; Amos 9:14;...
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His goodness — Infinite goodness is the fountain of all the good
done for this people. His beauty — How wonderful the beauty of
Divine Providence in Israel's deliverance and salvation? Corn —
Plentifu...